H3588A–כִּי–ki

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be see

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

כִּ֥י ki “that”

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.

כִּ֤י ki “for”כִּ֤י ki “for”

And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

כִּי־ ki- “if”

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

כִּ֤י ki “for”